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  • 121 ветряная мельница

    неодобр.
    1) (о человеке, имеющем привычку размахивать руками при ходьбе) a windmill (of a person who always swings his arms as he walks)

    Вот ещё вам примета: когда ходит он, то всегда размахивает руками. Ещё покойный тамошний заседатель, Денис Петрович, всегда, бывало, увидевши его издали, говорил: "Глядите, глядите, вон идёт ветряная мельница!" (Н. Гоголь, Иван Фёдорович Шпонька и его тётушка) — And another thing you may know him by - he always swings his arms as he walks. Denis Petrovich, the assessor, now deceased, always used to say when he saw him in the distance, 'Look, look, here comes our windmill!'

    2) (несерьёзный, пустой человек) a windmill; cf. gas-bag, windbag; a lot of noise Amer.; nonentity

    [Арина Петровна] называла мужа "ветряною мельницей" и "бесструнной балалайкой". (М. Салтыков-Щедрин, Господа Головлёвы) — Arina Petrovna called the husband 'a windmill' and 'a stringless balalaika.'

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ветряная мельница

  • 122 видно птицу по полёту

    видно (видать) птицу (сокола, сову) по полёту
    погов.
    lit. you can tell a (the) bird by its flight; cf. a bird may be known by its song; a good horse cannot be of a bad colour; the ass is known by its ears

    - Из каких? не знаешь? Кто такая? - Француженка, должно быть, из эдаких, - шепнул я. - А, видна птица по полёту. Видно, что коготок востёр. (Ф. Достоевский, Игрок) — 'Who is she? Don't you know? Who is she?' 'She's French, I think, a you-know-what,' I whispered. 'Oh, yes - you can see from her flight what kind of a bird she is! Her claws are no doubt sharp enough.'

    - Мы начинаем понимать, что если человек талантлив, так это обязательно проявится... Птицу видно по полёту, говаривали в старину. (В. Ерёменко, Слепой дождь) — 'We begin to understand that if a person is talented then this will be bound to show... You can tell a bird by its flight, they used to say in olden times...'

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > видно птицу по полёту

  • 123 всё трын-трава

    (кому, для кого)
    it is all one (all the same) for him (her); he (she) doesn't care (give) a straw (two straws, a fig, etc.) for (about) anything

    [Тётушка] стала приставать к живописцу, чтобы он поисповедался; а тому всё трын-трава! (Н. Лесков, Маленькая ошибка) — And she took to pestering the painter to go to confessional, but the other just didn't care a straw!

    - Для Нади всё трын-трава! - говорила с лёгким осуждением мама. (К. Паустовский, Повесть о жизни) — 'Nadya doesn't care a fig for anything!' Mama used to say with a slight reproach in her voice.

    Постоянно думалось при взгляде на мосластое, неуклюжее тело, что никогда не иссякнет в нём неутомимая ходовая сила, не просохнет вечно хмельная и забубённая его душа, которой всё трын-трава. (В. Личутин, Крылатая Серафима) — Looking at the gnarled, awkward body you thought the inexhaustible running power would never dry up, nor would his forever reckless and tipsy soul that didn't give a tinker's cuss.

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > всё трын-трава

  • 124 когда свинью смолят, ей не до поросят

    посл.
    lit. when a pig is being smoked, it doesn't think about its piglets; cf. I'm in no laughing mood; I've got other things on my mind right now

    - Э-э-э, шутки шутить изволите, а мне вот не до них. В моей деревне на этот счёт говорили: "Когда свинью смолят, ей не до поросят". (В. Ерёменко, Слепой дождь) — 'Oh, you can have your little joke, but I'm not in any mood for joking. In the village where I come from they used to say: 'When a pig is being smoked, it doesn't think about its piglets.''

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > когда свинью смолят, ей не до поросят

  • 125 копейка рубль бережёт

    посл.
    cf. take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves; every little makes a mickle (many a little makes a mickle)

    За обедом Модест Алексеич ел очень много и говорил... о том, что надо трудиться, что семейная жизнь есть не удовольствие, а долг, что копейка рубль бережёт... (А. Чехов, Анна на шее) — At dinner Modest Alexeich ate very much and talked about... its being necessary to work hard; about family life not being a pleasure, but a duty; he said that if you took care of the kopecks the roubles would take care of themselves...

    У нас в доме часто повторяли: "деньги счёт любят", "копейка рубль бережёт" и тому подобное, и сестра, подавленная этими пошлостями, старалась только о том, как бы сократить расходы, и оттого питались мы дурно. (А. Чехов, Моя жизнь) — Over and over again they used to say at home: 'Money needs to be counted', or: 'A kopeck leads to a rouble', and so on; my sister, overpowered by these platitudes, was always trying to find ways and means of cutting down expenses. Therefore we were badly fed.

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > копейка рубль бережёт

  • 126 Москва слезам не верит

    посл.
    you can't move Moscow with tears; Moscow is not to be taken in by tears; Moscow has no faith in tears; Moscow does not believe in tears

    Из всей мастерской только Жихарев был в Москве, о которой он говорил внушительно и хмуро: - Москва слезам не верит, там гляди в оба! (М. Горький, В людях) — Zhikharev alone, of all those in the workshop, had been to Moscow, and he always spoke about it with an impressive frown: 'Moscow's not to be taken in by tears. You have to keep your eyes open there!'

    - Ну вот те на... Выпейте-ка, выпейте-ка водички. И не плачьте. Деды наши говорили: Москва слезам не верит. Увы, милая моя, не верит и до сих пор. (Б. Полевой, Анюта) — 'Come, come now... Have some water, and don't cry. Our grandfathers used to say, Moscow has no faith in tears. Alas, my dear, it still hasn't.'

    Безруков. Перед войной мне вот такой же лейтенант... говорил: "Факты, нужны факты! Эмоции к делу не пришьёшь. Москва слезам не верит". (М. Шатров, Диктатура совести)Bezrukov. Before the war a lieutenant like you said to me, 'We need facts! Facts! You can't put emotions into a file. Moscow doesn't believe in tears.'

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Москва слезам не верит

  • 127 на карачках

    прост.
    on one's hands and knees; on all fours

    - Да покажи я тебе три целковых, вынь теперь из кармана, так ты на Васильевский за ними доползёшь на карачках, - вот ты каков! (Ф. Достоевский, Идиот) — 'Why, if I only took a three-rubie note out of my pocket and just showed it to you, you'd crawl on your hands and knees to the other end of town for it - that's the kind of fellow you are!'

    - Мне вот дедушка Харитон, когда я ещё мальчонком был, всегда сказывал: "Степашка, вырастешь - главное дело, на карачках не ползай. Упал где, на ноги ментом вскакивай, а на карачках не ползи. Люди, как гуси, заклюют, коль на карачках". (Ф. Панфёров, Бруски) — 'Grandfather Khariton used to say to me when I was a boy: 'Stepashka, when you grow up, the chief thing is not to crawl about on all fours. If you fall down, jump up again quick, never crawl. When you're down on your knees, people peck at you like geese.

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на карачках

  • 128 на ножах

    разг.
    be at daggers drawn with smb.; be at loggerheads with smb.; be at swords' (daggers') points with smb.; be at (on) outs with smb. Amer.; be at each other's throats; there is bad (ill) blood (ill feeling, ill will) between smb.; be at issue with smb.; be at sixes and sevens with smb.

    Даже старичишка городничий, при своей доброте, был с лекарем на ножах, по случаю общих распоряжений больничными суммами. (А. Писемский, Тысяча душ) — Even the aged mayor, for all his good nature, is at loggerheads with the doctor regarding the disposal of hospital subsidies.

    - Я, мать, уйду из школы, - говаривал я иногда. - Учёбы всё равно никакой, со всеми я на ножах. (А. Гайдар, Школа) — 'I'm going to quit school, Mother,' I used to say sometimes. 'All the same we're not studying, and I'm at daggers drawn with everybody.'

    - Как же она решилась выйти замуж за Прокопенко?.. Они же всегда на ножах... Да и очень уж разные... (В. Ерёменко, Слепой дождь) — 'Whatever made her decide to marry Prokopenko?.. After all, they were always at each other's throats and anyway they're so different...'

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на ножах

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